Late Rally In Game One Propels Baseball To Doubleheader Sweep At Tiffin

OVERVIEW – TIFFIN

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 9, Tiffin Dragons 2 | Northwood 19, Tiffin 9

RECORDS: Northwood 14-20, 11-9 G-MAC | Tiffin 14-23, 9-11 G-MAC

LOCATION: Tiffin, Ohio

RECAP: A late rally in game one propelled Northwood baseball to a pair of wins at Tiffin Sunday (April 12), taking game one 9-2 and game two 19-9.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Tiffin one in the bottom of the first to go up 1-0.
• The score remained 1-0 into the fifth when the Dragons added another run to go up 2-0.
• After losing both games yesterday while scoring five runs total, the Timberwolves were down 2-0 with one out in the final inning when the offense came alive, starting with a Bobby Griffon two-run double to tie the score.
• Payton Guilbeaux put the Timberwolves on top with an RBI on a bunt to make the score 3-2.
• Brennan Hallman then followed with a two-run double, which was then followed by an RBI single from Brendan Hammer to make the score 6-2.
• Connor McCartan rounded out the big inning with at three-run home run to make the final 9-2.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 9/9/0, Tiffin: 2/2/1
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 3, Tiffin: 7
• Winning Pitcher – Owen Franklin (1-3): IP, BB, 2 K
• Losing Pitcher – Brock Polilli (0-2): 1/3 IP, H, 3 R, 2 BB, K

GAME ONE TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Hallman: 3-4, 2 RBI, R
• McCartan: 1-2, BB, HR, 2 RBIs
• Griffon: 2B, R, 2 RBIs
• Evan Larson: 2-4, R
• Lucas McKinney: 5 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 6 K
• Jake Ickes: IP, 2 K

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Northwood kept the momentum going early in game two, starting with a run on an error by Tiffin in the top of the first.
• Caden Duryea made the score 2-0 with an RBI double.
• McCartan made it a three-run first inning on an RBI single.
• Duryea extended the lead in the third with a three-run homer to make the score 6-0.
• Hallman and Hammer each had sacrifice flies in the fourth to push the lead to 8-0.
• Another Tiffin error brought home a run for Northwood in the inning, which was followed by a Evan Kavalick two-run single that made the score 11-0 in the fourth.
• The Dragons got on the board with an RBI single in the bottom of the inning.
• Hammer got that run right back for Northwood with an RBI double in the top of the fifth.
• After a TU home run in the bottom of the fifth made the score 12-2, Griffon had an RBI double in the top of the sixth.
• Tiffin rallied back in the sixth by scoring six runs to get within five at 13-8.
• Northwood came right back with a big inning of their own, starting with a sac fly from Duryea.
• After a throwing error by the Dragons made the score 15-8, Kavalick brought home two more with single.
• The Dragons hit a home run in the bottom of the seventh that cut the NU lead to 17-9.
• McCartan rounded out the scoring with a two-run homer in the ninth that made the final 19-9.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 19/14/2, Tiffin: 9/8/5
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 8, Tiffin: 3
• Winning Pitcher – Nicholas Hoorn (2-2): 5 IP, 6 H, 6 R (5 ER), 0 BB, 7 K
• Losing Pitcher – Dominic Elia (3-3): 3 IP, 7 H, 8 R (6 ER), BB, 2 K
• Save – Adam Wandzel (1): 3 IP, H, R, 2 BB, 4 K

GAME TWO TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Duryea: 2-4, 2B, HR, 3 R, 5 RBIs
• McCartan: 2-4, HR, 3 RBIs, 4 R, 2 BB
• Kavalick: 2-6, 4 RBIs
• Hammer: 2-3, 2B, 4 R, 2 RBIs
• Hallman: 2-4, 3 R, RBI
• Larson: 1-2, 3 R, 4 BB

UP NEXT

• Northwood travels to Davenport Tuesday (April 14) for a non-conference contest. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m.